Tuesday, January 24, 2017

American Airlines Center

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The Minnesota Wild head to American Airlines Center to take on the Dallas Stars on Tuesday, January 24, 2017. The opening line for this contest has the Wild at -170 and the Stars at +184. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

Minnesota comes into this game having played 46 games. They have an overall record of 30-11-5 and away from home they have a record of 14-5-5. The currently are 1st in the Central Division. They've scored 152 goals and surrendered 106 goals for a point differential of +46. The Wild have an overall record of 7-2-1 in their last 10 games. For the season they have an ATS record of 29-16 and an over/under record of 21-17-8. Dallas shows up with a record of 19-20-9 including 12-7-5 at home this season. They are 6th in the Central Division. They've scored 129 goals and surrendered 151 for a goal differential of -22. The Stars have a record of 3-5-2 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 19-29 while their over/under record sits at 23-25-0.

Ryan Suter has accumulated 30 total points this season for the Wild. He has 7 goals this season with 93 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 8%. He has a total of 23 assists on the season and averages 27 minutes played per game. Eric Staal has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 13% by scoring 16 goals on 122 shots. He has 24 assists giving him a total of 40 points on the season. Devan Dubnyk has 25 wins and 8 losses this season in net for the Wild. He has had 1,059 shots against him and has given up 69 goals. He has made 990 saves for a save percentage of 94%.

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Jason Spezza has accumulated 27 total points this season for the Stars. He has 7 goals this season with 89 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 8%. He has a total of 20 assists on the season and averages 16 minutes played per game. Tyler Seguin has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 9% by scoring 16 goals on 172 shots. He has 29 assists giving him a total of 45 points on the season. Kari Lehtonen has 9 wins and 13 losses this season in net for the Stars. He has had 775 shots against him and has given up 78 goals. He has made 697 saves for a save percentage of 90%.

The Wild have 65 total points this season. They have scored 152 goals while giving up 106 goals. They have had 129 power play opportunities and have scored 27 goals on those chances for a percentage of 21%. The Wild have allowed 126 power play opportunities and given up 20 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 84%. They average 29 shots per game and as a team are shooting 11.28% for the season to this point. They allow 30 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 93%.

The Stars have a total of 47 points on the season. They have 28 power play goals on 164 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 17%. They have allowed 163 power play opportunities and have given up 42 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 74%. As a team, the Wild have a total of 129 goals scored while they've given up 151 goals to this point. They average 30 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 8.96%. As a team they give up 30 shots per game and have a save percentage of 90%.

Minnesota has a Corsi percentage of 48.5% as they've attempted 2,490 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 2,641 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 48.6% as they have 1,858 attempts while they've given up 1,966 shots on the defensive end. The Wild start possessions in the offensive zone 50% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 50% for the season. They have 1,427 face off wins compared to 1,330 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 51.8%. On defense Minnesota has 761 hits and they've blocked 675 shots from the opposition.

Dallas has attempted 2,810 shots at full strength and they've given up 2,859 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 49.6% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 50.3% as they have 2,102 shots while they've given up 2,073 attempts on defense. The Stars have an offensive zone percentage of 47.6% and their defensive zone percentage is 52.4% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 49.2% as they've compiled 1,495 face off wins this season and they have suffered 1,542 face off losses. On defense Dallas has blocked 786 shot attempts and they have 942 hits as a unit.

Minnesota Wild Betting Trends

The Minnesota Wild are 29-16 straight up

The Minnesota Wild are 21-17-8 against the over/under

Dallas Stars Betting Trends

The Dallas Stars are 19-29 straight up

The Dallas Stars are 23-25-0 against the over/under

Minnesota Wild Injuries

10/10/16 D Victor Bartley Tricep out indefinitely
01/22/17 C Mikko Koivu Illness "?" Tuesday vs Dallas
01/18/17 D Jonas Brodin Finger out indefinitely

Dallas Stars Injuries

12/07/16 D Julius Honka Wrist out indefinitely
11/01/16 C Mattias Janmark Knee expected to miss 5-6 months
10/31/16 RW Ales Hemsky Hip expected to miss 5-6 months
01/20/17 D Johnny Oduya Ankle is downgraded to expected to miss 2-4 weeks
01/12/17 D Jamie Oleksiak Hand out indefinitely

Guy's Pick: Take Minnesota -170

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